‘I had to explain to her what it meant – and that our pet cat was quite safe.’

Suffolk County Council seemed happy with its decision, with a spokesman adding: ‘The term road studs is one we now use as standard.’

But not everyone was a fan of the new signs, with former deputy council leader Christopher Hudson saying it was confusing.

‘It seems a bizarre thing to do… visitors may now know there is no animal cruelty but does anyone who lives in England know what a road stud is,’ he said.

‘Especially in Framlingham where I live it’s quite old fashioned and I’m not sure anyone will know what the signs are on about – when I saw one of the signs appear at first I didn’t know what it was talking about.’